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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1901
Page
2
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A jury in Sioux Falls awarded Mary Garrigan 1800 dollars in a suit against Samuel Kennedy a Dell Rapids saloon keeper for selling liquor to her intoxicated husband. Evidence linked the liquor to Garrigan later death by suicide. Mrs Garrigan has other suits pending against two more dealers.
A Tennessee law prohibiting cigarette sales is declared constitutional by the Supreme Court. A similar bill is expected in the Ohio Legislature this winter. The article laments saloonkeepers who sell to minors, warning such sellers risk moral corruption.
The passage denounces those who criticize outside resorts for soldiers while voting with a party that enabled them. It argues that blaming a creation of one’s own responsibility is inconsistent and hypocritical.
An article from a Cincinnati liquor paper argues that removing laws against theft and murder would reduce crime, endorsing a liberal interpretation of New York's Raines Law. It critiques Low's campaign stance and praises the South West for a proposed plan to ignore Sunday saloon laws.
The newly elected Mayor of Greater New York Seth Low favors opening saloons on Sundays. He argues that the Sunday closing law is widely known to be ineffective and should be reconsidered in light of public sentiment and practical needs.
Amid Sunday saloon violations and reform rhetoric, the legislative season revives the local option battle. Backers of Prohibition face Senate votes feared to be against any measure, while House support erodes with incumbents shifting stance. The Prohibition Party remains a persistent thorn to liquor interests as political realignments unfold.
George Taylor of near Canaan wed Mrs Alice Horn nee Naftzger on Wednesday morning. A lamp explosion in Frank Steele s livery office at Create last Thursday evening started a fire that burned robes and other items totaling about 75 dollars. Wayne County Poultry Association will hold its annual exhibition at City Armory December 12 to 17 with a fine display of birds. Karl Itzell, formerly of this city, died November 24 in Brooklyn at age 62. his wife died about three weeks earlier. Funeral services were held Wednesday.
Petit jurors were excused noon Tuesday until next Monday as two trials were settled and Thanksgiving reduced court activity. A special jury will be drawn Friday for defendants now in jail. Trial dates assigned: Mon Dec 2 McClure Co. v Debr and others. Tue Dec 3 Hoffman v Kean and more. Wed Dec 4 several cases including Adams v Weygandt and Frantz Co v Blackwood. Thu Dec 6 Kline v Kline and others. Fri Dec 6 Boor v Knestrick and Miller Big Co Seabrook and Crites v Holmes.
A vivid Atlantic passage by Rollin Lynde Hartt describes a grain unloading spectacle aboard a Buffalo bound cargo ship. The hold lights blaze as a massive steel shovel moves grain with ropes and a team of blue clad workers dodges the dangerous machinery in a misty, dust filled deck scene.
Mildred on a tramcar scenes with four year old girl mother and passengers. The child asks about her papa’s birthday present and the mother replies cigars. The girl notes a dirty necktie and a passenger glowers. The mother hushes Mildred as the moment unfolds in London Spare Moments.
Professor Adametz argues that a few weeks old ordinary cheese hosts more microbes than the world’s population. Reading from Gruyere samples, fifteen grain portions show 90 000 to 140 000 microbes when fresh, rising to 800 000 per fifteen grains at seventy days. Dense cheese at twenty five days holds 1 200 000 per grain, doubling to 2 000 000 per grain at forty five days.
Spiders are tireless workers building and repairing intricate webs. An ordinary snare can hold up to 120,000 viscid globules, and the spinner continually mends damage from wind and debris. Daily, the entire web is checked and loose threads tightened.
A historical note surveys beliefs about April thunder across Europe. It claims winter thunder as ill omens, while April thunder signals beneficial yields, including apples in Devonshire and other English counties, and good harvests for French vineyards and cornfields.
The passage shows Bimson angrily stating he sent editor of The Hightone Magazine forty two poems and received all back. A friend warns against sending more, suggesting the editor could publish under his real name. The exchange reflects tension over publication and authorial anonymity.
An abandoned cistern can harbor dangerous stagnant water and disease. If immediate filling is not possible, add proper disinfectants and gradually fill with sifted coal ashes to improve sanitation.
A quoted exchange shows a child arguing with his mother about following a doctor's advice. The boy insists the issue is not the doctor but the unpleasant medicine, revealing tension between parental guidance and the child's resistance to treatment.
In the Atchison Globe a columnist argues a working man cannot satisfy his wife’s lofty ideals while supporting a family. By the time he earns money and power, he is often too old to live up to those expectations, preferring comfort over struggle.
Water should be kept at the first bubble for good tea and coffee. Continuous boiling drives off gases and makes the beverage flat, a common fault in tea and beverages.
A Navy sailor nicknamed the Swell impostor in Yokohama posed as fleet paymaster to a Japanese coal merchant. He arranged for thousands of tons of coal at $14 a ton, then raised the offer to $16 with a plan to deliver at dawn. The merchant, part of a conspiracy, profited little as authorities foiled the scheme.
A London gossip note records a playful exchange between Jones and Smith about a social evening at the aristocratic Goodman mansion. The dialogue mocks wealth and genius as gates to elite circles, with Jones admitting attendance and wealth becoming a punchline as Smith asks for a loan.
A Blackwood's Magazine excerpt notes Suleiman Attala divorced his wife Ishakyeh over trivialities after she talked and worked slowly. The narrator, away in England, found Suleiman had remarried, justifying it by the employer’s threat not to hire his wife again.
A British battleship visiting the United States ran short of coal and received free bunkers from the U S host. A Jersey City coal merchant supplied furnace coal worth six to seven dollars a ton and billed the captain. The navy department credited the error to a three dollar per ton government ceiling and sent no payment.
Adelina Patti visited Madrid with her husband Signor Nicolini who fancied himself a tenor. The opera director asked the price for both to appear one night. Patti replied Ten thousand francs, and only Ten thousand francs if she came without her husband.
The passage notes Catherine de Medici of France as tall and dignified with striking personal presence. Her manner is described as often cold and repulsive and her language as haughty. She was neither popular nor well liked, with regular features and a notably full black eye that captivated observers.
In Jungle Talk, a fleet stag chats with a lion as it dashes by. The stag explains he travels for health and wonders about a tiger invitation to a stag dinner today. Reported in Philadelphia Press.
A fragment reflects on ancient observations by Pliny the Great about washing. It notes early practices where women washed in cold water and suggests heating water and soap would improve cleaning. The piece frames a turning point in domestic washing techniques.
Mrs Anna Culbertson died at her home on South Buckeye on Monday evening November 25 aged 43. Daughter of Robert Jackson she was born east of Wooster and spent her life in Wayne County. She leaves three children Hugh Wright and Beesie Culbertsen. Funeral services were held Wednesday.
Rail service offers low rate excursion tickets on November 27 and 28 for all lines west of the Ohio River within 150 miles of failing station. Return valid to November 29 via Chicago routes on Pennsylvania Lines. December 2 to 4 features two fare excursion tickets to Chicago with return by December 8 via Pennsylvania Lines. See ticket agents for details.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces December 8 and 9 special excursion tickets from Ohio River area to Andersonville Georgia at one fare round trip, valid for return to December 20 1901. Also reduced one way settlers tickets on first and third Tuesdays in November and December 1991 to southern and southeastern destinations, plus Thanksgiving day trips via Pennsylvania Lines with tickets on sale November 27 28 valid to November 29.
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